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Show 430 DR. W. PETERS ON BATS FROM TRINIDAD. [Nov. 22, 2. On Taphozous flaviventris, Gould, a new Species of Bat from Australia. By Dr. W . PETERS, F.M.Z.S. T. nigro-fuscus, subtus pallide ochraceus; calcari tibia longiore. Above black brown; beneath pale ochraceous yellow; hair unicolor, the hairs on the belly whitish at the base ; wings blackish, at the posterior margin whitish. Male with a large fossa between the hinder parts of the branches of the lower jaw ; ears rounded, externally slightly emarginate ; tragus as long as high, securiform ; wings on the dorsal side naked, on the under side, above and below the arm-bones, woolly; femora on the dorsal side naked, on the ventral side covered with a thin woolly fur, which descends on the base of the interfemoral membrane. Also the point of the tail shows some hair- ' metre. Total length, about 0-130 Length of head 0*035 of ear 0*018 Breadth of ear 0*011 Tail 0*025 Forearm 0*075 First finger 0*014 Second finger 0*074 Third finger 0*144 Fourth finger 0*087 Fifth finger 0*072 Tibia 0 028 Foot (with claws) 0016 Spur 0033 This species, represented by a single male submitted to my examination by M r . Gould, is, although nearly related to T. australis, Gould, different in colour and in its superior size. 3. Note on a Collection of Bats from Trinidad. By Dr. W . PETERS, F.M.Z.S. The collection of Bats formed by Dr. W. Huggins, C.M.Z.S., San Fernando, Trinidad, which Mr. Sclater has kindly put into my hands for determination, contains the following species (they are all also known from the Brazils and Surinam) :- 1. PHYLLOSTOMA HASTATUM, Geoffroy. 2. H E M I D E R M A BREVICAUDUM, Wied, sp. 3. D E R M A N U R A QUADRIVITTATA, Peters. 4. CHIRODERMA VILLOSUM, Peters. 5. STURNIRA LILIUM, Geoffr., sp. |